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Great men, good biographies

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mikee
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Allright, for my english class we have to read any biography thats a novel as a summative. I want to take this oppurtunity to learn about someone interesting that I don't know much about. Any recommendations? Here are a few people I was thinking:

Confucius
Socrates
Ghandi
Freud
Hitler but not really
And yeah I dunno that kind of thing...

Does anyone know who has a very interesting life? Or just of any specificially good biographies? Help me out.


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Swirly999
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churchill

Mar 24 2005 8:10AM
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manus
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Churchill definately, but another good one would be Benjamin Franklin

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pol pot






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Anathema
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Mohandas Ghandi

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Mar 24 2005 11:54AM
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lanks
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Karl Marx would be interesting.


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jizack
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can they be autobiogarphies?


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Pooksmasterflex
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the guy johnny depp played in blow...that dood had a sick life.....

Mar 24 2005 4:32PM
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friday01
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^yeah george jung, idk if thats his real name tho

Mar 24 2005 4:40PM
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johanblaze
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read mein kampf by adolf hitler

Mar 24 2005 4:53PM
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mikee
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yeah I was thinking marx, IM not ia fan of the ato\mosphere of churhcills life I dont know, I know enough about world war 2 and stuff/.


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Anathema
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der fuhrer


yeaaaaahhhhhhh... no

Ghandi, i'm telling you. you'd have so much to write about. the guy opposed british imperial rule in india during the 20th century in a unbelievable, non-violent way.

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Mar 24 2005 4:58PM
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johanblaze
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yeah.. hitler would definitely be the most interesting. ghandi? comon now.. the man wore diapers.

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Anathema
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because he didn't have any posessions. all he wore was a sheet. it was part of the method of his revolt. he's an amazing man, and should have got the title 'man of the century', but oh no, einstein had to get it. why? he's american! duh! but that's besides the point.

ghandi dude.

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Mar 24 2005 5:01PM
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johanblaze
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actually einstein is german.

Mar 24 2005 5:03PM
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pajibber
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^Thank you, what did you think Einstein was from Jersey or something?

We need a little more information about your interests before giving you suggestions.

Mar 24 2005 5:07PM
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pajibber
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For example pick one of these categories that most interests you and I'll try and help you out:
-Artists and Entertainers
-Titans of Industry
-Leaders/Revolutionaries
-Scientists/Thinkers

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eastAR5
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hemingway is my boy
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Lewis B. "Chesty" Puller
David Hackworth


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proZach
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do one on muhammad ali. you can help me with my 13 page paper....

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jizack
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read the johnny cash book called the man in black i think it is. such a good fucking book


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mikee
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Im interested in like ancient civilisations, philosophy, and thinkers and such. And, I dunno just poepl ewho did great things, ghandi sounds kind of interesting aha,


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Crystal-needs-a-park
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i read a biography of ghandi... worst thing ive ever been subjected to reading.

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johanblaze
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i'm telling you. hitler had an interesting life. because you read mein kamph doesn't make you a nazi devil worshiper..

Mar 24 2005 7:01PM
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im gonna have to stick with
Lewis B. "Chesty" Puller or
David Hackworth
both great military books, youll never wanna put them down


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mikee
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but I think I know alot about hitler already, I would rather learn about someone I know not much about like Socrates who sounds very interesting.


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johanblaze
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thats true. i would try karl marx then. he would be an interesting one.

Mar 24 2005 7:07PM
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johanblaze
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didn't erwin rommel have a book as well?

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00000000
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yeah im quite sure there was a book on the desert fox :)...i actually think it was called erwin rommel


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Mar 24 2005 7:36PM
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johanblaze
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read rommel's book.

Mar 24 2005 7:37PM
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00000000
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iono man, if ur into action and a reallllly good read i strongly suggest pullers or hackworths, puller being the most decorated marine in history and hackworth being the most decorated army guy...some of the stories they tell are absolutely unbelievable


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timmi
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the marlyn manson is great, so ive herd. i dont really read books.

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freshpowder41
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you should study laterals...but ghandi was a really cool guy thats probably what i would do

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PowderCanuck
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Martin Luther King

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brogilvie
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Anathema
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read Schindler's List. that's a good one.

but yeah, as for einstein... sure he was born in germany, but that doesn't make him german. he did his schooling in zurich i think and became a swiss citizen. later, he moved back to germany, became a citizen there for like 15 years, then chose to rescind his citizenship and emigrated to america to take the position of professor of theoretial physics at princeton, which is where he became an american citizen from thereon out.

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Chubby.Chaser
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einstein chose to become a permanent citizen of america due to the rise of naziism in germany

Mar 24 2005 8:49PM
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johanblaze
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^ way to go there buddy.

Mar 25 2005 12:06AM
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johanblaze
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i think the only real 'americans' are the native indians. sure i live here, but i am a quarter norwegian, a quarter scottish, and half german. there is no american in there.

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johanblaze
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and dude your icon is badass. SAVETOBY!

Mar 25 2005 12:08AM
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switch3grl
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if you can do an autobiography do hunter s. thompson. he is a famous gonzo journalist who commited suicide back in february. he's written several books and there is a lot of info on him. have you ever seen the movie fear and loathing in las vegas?

Mar 25 2005 12:54AM
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manus
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If you are looking for thinker/philosophers/etc from earlier times, DaVinci would probably be interesting (especially since the was a show creating his drawings - the flying machine flew, and with all the hype over the DaVinci code). Galileo would probably be pretty interesting too (especially with his interaction between science and religion which basically ruled life in ealier times).

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p-lin101
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^ i definatly agree with da vinci but ive already one about ghandi and it was very very good sorta eye opening id suggest that





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Mar 25 2005 10:30AM
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eastAR5
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yea but da vinci is kind of played out, everyone does him

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